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Can you tell me if someone stabbed another person in the liver will they die instantly?
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There are various: levels of severity of hepatic injury following trauma, from very minor to lethal. It would be unusual for penetrating trauma to cause instant death, but if a major vessel was transected it could be a matter of seconds or minutes.
Answered 4/7/2016
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